STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

I switched to mostly green beauty products as my new years resolution. There's a great line called Evan Healy and they're wonderful skincare products. I also use an organic moisturizer by Avalon Organics. I wish it were slightly more "green" but it's the only organic moisturizer I could find with an SPF and since that's important to me, I had to compromise. I also use Tom's of Maine toothpaste and these toothbrushes made from recycled yogurt cups. 

I'm of the mindset that while it's great to buy green products and all that, it's much greener just to cut back on what you buy by living small and reusing what you can. 

ETA:  I also just bought these reusable sandwich bags to pack my sandwiches and other snacks for lunch. 

-- Edited by NCshopper at 22:05, 2009-03-08

scrap paper at the office for just printing everyday stuff.  When I provide reports or casual information sheets to my students, I ask them if they mind me using scrap paper.

Eat local! 90% of our groceries come from the Farmers' Market. Most of this is organic. Otherwise we generally follow the "dirty dozen" list of most contaminated produce. Better for the planet and better for us.

Other than fresh produce, if there's something you consume a lot of, like peanut butter or popcorn or coffee, switch to organic varieties for those purchases.

Buying staples like flour, cereal, or rice from the bulk bins cut down on packaging.

I feel like I've been a broken record lately, but here's the really inconvenient truth:

"If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetables and grains the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads. If every American had one meat-free meal per week, it would be the same as taking more than 5 million cars off our roads. Having one meat-free day per week would be the same as taking 8 million cars off American roads."

http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentid=6604